A new “topological” approach to quantum computing may address longstanding challenges with the technology.

Oppenheimer returned from Europe to teach physics at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he tried to secure a position for his ...

Feb. 21, 2025 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking method for synthesizing perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs), a next-generation semiconductor material, in a more uniform and efficient ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — In a leap forward for quantum computing, physicists unveiled an eight-qubit topological quantum processor, the first of its kind. The chip, built as a proof-of-concept for the ...

Soon, a new age of quantum mechanics and nanoscale physics-based technologies will transform virtually every aspect of our lives, from computing and communication to renewable energy sources and ...

The European Union has committed $7.2 billion. Quantum computing, which builds on decades of research into a type of physics called quantum mechanics, is still an experimental technology.

Essentially, engineers simulate physical processes that are dominated by the effects of quantum physics. But this is difficult to do with classical computers because you have to model every ...

This binary nature of spinning electrons means that they can be used as building blocks for quantum computers. However, in 1925 Goudsmit and Uhlenbeck’s spinning electron proposal caused an uproar in ...

Physics attempts to both answer philosophical questions about the nature of the universe and provide solutions to technological problems. Theoretical studies discover quantum momentum tunnelling ...